少年老い易く学成り難し。

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少年 老い 易く 学 成り 難し 。

English Translation

Art is long, time is fleeting.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)老(お)い易(やす)く学(がく)成(な)り難(がた)し。

Romanji

Shōnen oi yasuku gaku nari gatashi.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

老い (おい)

old age; old person; the old; the aged

易い (やすい)

easy; likely to ..., have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

学 (がく)

-ology; -ics; study of ...; learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

難い (かたい)

difficult; hard

Kanji

少

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し

Meanings: few, little

年

Readings: ネン、 とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

老

Readings: ロウ、 お.いる、 ふ.ける

Meanings: old man, old age, grow old

易

Readings: エキ、 イ、 やさ.しい、 やす.い

Meanings: easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination

学

Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ

Meanings: study, learning, science

成

Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 な.る、 な.す、 -な.す

Meanings: turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach

難

Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い

Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect